Welcome to Human Club..with books!

Human Club...with books!

Welcome to the Human Club!

This is a free book club for authentic, vulnerable, busy humans. We'll connect every 3-4 months to discuss a quality read that will reflect and inform how we co-create our community.

These gatherings are an invitation to connect with each other, learn and grow. These are come-as-you-are, no-shame style discussions. You're welcome to come listen, contribute, ask questions, offer different points of view; it's all welcome.

What is important is the intentionally shared time together, whether you've read the book or not. You're welcome here.

Our discussions will allow us time to go deeper, connect the content with what's going on for us as individuals and as a community; both locally and globally.

Please reach out if you would like to bring a Human Club gathering to your community (school, neighborhood, staff meeting, professional group).

Co-creating events like these with other community members is part of what makes them so supportive.

Check back for the Next Book offering.

April 2024

Cover image from Mona Delahook's book, Brain-Body Parenting. Colorful silhouettes of children.

Essential Reading for Humans

In Brain-Body Parenting, Dr. Delahooke offers readers the opportunity to view behaviors by considering the essential role of the entire nervous system. Decades of experience and up to date research inform this inviting read. For anyone who spends any time with children (including those learning to re-parent themselves).

Where to find this book: Locally at Roundabout Books, Dudley's Bookshop, Borrow at Deschutes Public Library, Buy online on Mona's website, Bookshop.org.

Brain-Body Parenting by Mona Delahook

Mona Delahook's Brain-Body Parenting will be the second book in our book club series.

Parents, teachers, administrators, therapists and other professionals are all welcome here. We learn so much from each other!

Interconnected Diversity is co-hosting with Raising Rooted Kids and Open Space Event Studios to share some refreshments and connection.

This gathering is free to attend.*

This book is written in an inviting, conversational way that invites humans in all roles (not just parents) to think about our childrens' (and our own) outward behavior differently. It might just entirely change the way we raise humans.

When:

April 23rd 2024

6-7:30pm

Where:

Open Space Event Studios

220 NE Lafayette Ave.

Bend, OR 97701

(Zoom hybrid attendance is also an option when registering.)

*Donations are invited to help cover our costs.

Resources for Brain Body Parenting

Mona Delahook on Neurodiversity Podcast with Emilhy Kircher-Morris; episode 318

The Neurodiversity podcast is SUCH a wonderful resource! This interview with Mona Delahook is amazing. She lays the foundation for the WHY behind this book and her work. She discusses Top-Down, Body-Up behaviors, Interoception and Alexithymia. She touches on co-regulation and complexity of language and it's limitations.These are some important concepts for changing the paradigm from (well intended, but harmful) behavioralism. "You can value your child's differences, and be curious."

Mona Delahook on Tilt Parenting Podcast with Debbie Reber; TPP episode 154

"Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges." This book, published in 2019, has been a valuable tool to professionals and parents alike. Content includes co-regulation; the secret sauce for relationships and connections. This is a wonderful interview!

Past Book Events

Thank you for sharing in our first Human Club book:

Finding the Magic in Middle School by Chris Balme. November 2023.

Thanks to those who enriched our discussions regarding creating thriving Advisory programs for students, parents and teachers. Insights included aligning practice and perspectives with current science relating to brain, body and behavior, and adolescent developmental tasks.

Topics included: collaborating proactively; slowing down and embracing experiences, disagreements and mistakes as vital in learning to be Human; identifying dysregulation in ourselves and in others; remaining curious and responsive (vs reactive); the role of co-regulation, and providing a safe, non-shaming relationship.

We enjoyed deepening our collective understanding, taking on new perspectives and creating stronger relationships. Thank You!

If you have questions, comments, or would like at any time, to connect about these concepts or share ideas about how to better align with adolescents, don't hesitate to email for local support.

Chris Balme has wonderful resources on his website. Growing Wiser is his beautifully written, thoughtful and compassionate newsletter. Dive in and check out his inspiring, world-changing work!